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Mary Lou McDonald TD

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MARY LOU is Leader of Sinn Féin and Teachta Dála for
the Dublin Central constituency. Mary Lou is married to Martin and they
have two young children, Iseult and Gerard. She is proud to represent
the people of Dublin Central where she has a reputation for hard work
and championing the needs of her constituency both locally and
nationally.

Prior to becoming Leader of Sinn Féin in February 2018 Mary Lou was
Deputy Leader of the party. Following her election to the Dáil in 2011
Mary Lou was Sinn Féin’s Spokesperson for Public Expenditure and Reform
and on her re-election in 2016 Sinn Féin’s All-Ireland Spokesperson for
Mental Health and Suicide Prevention. She was a prominent member of the
Public Accounts Committee between 2011 and 2017 holding Ministers and
senior civil servants to account. She has also served on the Joint
Oireachtas Committees for Public Expenditure and Reform and the Future
of Mental Health.

She was an MEP for Dublin from 2004 to 2009 and during her time in
the European Parliament Mary Lou was a prominent member of the
Employment and Social Affairs committee and Civil Liberties committee.

Educated in Trinity College, Dublin, the University of Limerick and
Dublin City University she studied English Literature, European
Integration Studies and Human Resource Management. She previously worked
as a consultant for the Irish Productivity Centre, a researcher for the
Institute of European Affairs and a trainer in the trade union
sponsored Partnership Unit of the Educational and Training Services
Trust.